Hematology and serum biochemistry values of dusky-footed wood rat (Neotoma fuscipes)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 576-582

  Weber, David K ^a   Danielson, Kathleen ^a   Wright, Stan ^b   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sacramento Yolo Mosquito   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical biochemistry; Dusky footed wood rat; Hematology; Neotoma fuscipes; Reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; OESTRIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

CREATININE; ENZYME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGMODONTINAE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; ENZYMES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; RATS; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 0036653637     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.576     Document Type: Article

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